#8B491E#8B491E

#8B491E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.105 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B491E
RGB	rgb(139, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(24, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(24, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.46, 24.61, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.46, 44.31, 56.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.067 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.105 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2656, 10.3493, 2.5271)
Luminance	0.1035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B491E #1E608B

analogous

#8B1E29 #8B491E #8B7F1E

triadic

#8B491E #1E8B49 #491E8B

tetradic

#8B491E #298B1E #1E608B #7F1E8B

square

#8B491E #298B1E #1E608B #7F1E8B

split-complementary

#8B491E #1E8B7F #1E298B

monochromatic

#261408 #592F13 #8B491E #BD6329 #D8834B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#8B491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#8B491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B491E

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B491E	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#993B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.105 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37c5d',
    500: '#8b491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b491e;
$custom-light: #b37c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.67,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47866,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B491E

secondary

#4A8EBB

accent

#A6E740

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EEE9

border

#D0C9C5

text

#120904

muted

#817B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B491E

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